Blind-cage combination for pump valves



Filed Dec. 16

R W GUNN ET AL BLIND CAGE COMBINATION FDR PUMP VALVES .7m i Mw 6 March 24, 1925.

Bonner w. Gum: wiLLsin a vsco'r'r PATENT orifice;

Tnonrson, or Los aNGnLns, cann'onitm.

. BLIND-CAGE COMBINATION FOB. Pm VALVES.

llppllcatimi Med December new and useful Blind-Cage Combination for Pum' Valves, of' which the following is a .speci cation. In oil-well field practice, various arrangements of valves are required in the same ump under various lconditions and lanlobll )ect of this invention is to provide an equipmefnt for pump Aconstruction and vjre an",

which will be applicable to all the situations which may arise calling for change vor repair of the pump valves. That is to sa we have made provision whereby the va ve equip- 1 ment for pumps will enable the man at vthe shop or in the fieldv ton provide a standing valve, a working yvalve at one or both ends ofthe pump plunger andl either a si le or a double valve at any position requi This'novel equipment, comprises a cylindrical .blind cage sleeve having 'an intermediate internal annular collar and acylindrical counter-bore at eachend; one ofl said bores being larger than the other and extending {rompue-end nearly to the other end of sai sleeve, and said counter-bore being corre- ,pondingly threaded for a short distance to ei'vefa standard bushing; said counter res ,terminating at the annular collar inandadapted to seat the standard valve seat and being internally threaded to the end of the sleeve; and a complement ,of bushings j all adapted yto screw intothe openid of the cylindrical counter-bore, and provided 4Q with a bridgeextending from the near end of the bushing and adapted to extend across said counter-bore to serve asa bumper for a valve inside said sleeve; the bushings being respectively, adapted for connecting the sleeves with appropriate fittings for standing valve and :working valve in various sitnations according to therequirements for operation. f

An object of this invention vis to provide for pump construction a practical blind valve cage the vparts of which ma be used in different relations withstanda parts of pumps as now constructed, so that numerous requirements may bemet by the use of said standard parts in connection with said blind side said sleeve near one end of the sleeve,`

1e, iaze. serial No, 431,145.

cage sleeve. The. invention comprises the cage and its parts. A

(In the present state of theart *it is necessary to provide -a differentA of ball valve cage for the valve used iii' different relations, such, for instance, as the standing valve, the working valve ,and the plunger valve. 'In consequence of this conditin the man in the field is not able to-re air or replace a damagedl or worn stan ing `valve with the parts pertainin toa working valve .Y a plunger valve, an. viceversa. Furthermore the construction 'Y of the sleeves of valve cagesfheretofore has` been of such a nature that the vcost of producing the vof same is comparatively greatan'd an object of this. invention is to lminimize the cost of producing the valve ca e sleeve( and also the cost of producing t e diierent'types' of' valves respectively.l a

y Simplicity .and convenience of manufac ture and of assembling the parts'are further objects. An object is to provide an insert embodying' my bumper that is adapted for valves of different types y l The invention is-broa'dly new, pioneer and primary in th at we provide a twopiece blind cage,.the parts of -whichfare variously ad` justable, and-are applicable in combination with standard valveparts now' in common use to-construct the various kinds of valves required in presentlpurnp practice,

An object isto provide valve' cages devoid of cross pins which in former constructions are'likely to score the working barrel. A

Other features of invention together with other objects and advantages may appear from the accompanying drawing,` the subjoined detailed' description and the appended claims.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention. 1

vFigure l isja fragmental elevation Ypartly insection, of a pump provided with a double ball standing valve and` a double ball working valve, each of the parts of which are constructed of standard pump valve parts together with the arts which o tomake up our blind cage.

he valve ba ls are shownv in solid-lines on the u -stroke and in dotted lines on the down-stro e of the plunger.

Fig. 2 is iin-enlarged detail, in axial secjtion, of the blind cage arranged das a. standing valve. The' insert at the topof the view and 4 are indicated by which,

is sectioned on line indicated at m, Fig. 3.

The valve vball is shown in solid lines as at the downstroke and in dotted lines as atthe up-Stroke, of the plunger. Y' l Fig. 3 is a view analogous to ig. 2 showing the parts arranged as a plunger valve. The insert at the top of the view is sectioned on line indicated at Fig. 2, and the valve Aball is shown in solidlines as at the.A up-v stroke, and in dotted lines as at the downstroke, of the plunger.

Fig. 4 is a View analogous to Figs. Zand 3 showing the invention arranged as a plunger valve for pumping through a hollow rod; the insert at the top of the View being provided 'with a tubular box instead o f the tubular -pin shown in Figs. .2 and 3, The solid and dotted positions of the valve ballare analogous to those in Fig. 3 and the direction of the plunger for the up and down strokes of the plunger in Figs. 1, 3 arrows in solid and dotted lines respectively.`

Fi 5 is a plan of one end of the insert,

f detac ed.

v Fi .-6 is a view analogous to Fig. '5 showing t e other end of the insert.

Fig. 7 is an axial section of the cage body or sleeve, detached. l l

The cagebody or sleeve 1 is in the form of a hollow cylinder having internal threaded end portions 2, 3 and an internal annular valve seat clamping shoulder- 4.

Theinsert 5 is in form, a busbing,`and comprises a tubular member as at 6, (3 and 6 having an annularexternal shoulder 7, threaded sections 8, 8', 9, on opposite sides of the shoulder, and a bridge 10 at one end,

which Wheny the insert is in place, the bottom end of the insert. Said bridgelieing `provided with 4an enlargement forming a centrally disposed and centrally perforated ball bumper or interceptenandjbeng thin and narrow.A on opposite edges of saidA bumper, to allow free movement of l,the liquid past the bridge; and vice versa', free movement of the bridge past the liquid, v when the insert is inplace, is-.the bottomexid.

The insert may be variously constructed at the end opposite to the bridge 10a; and in Fig. 2 a valveseat socket 11 is shown, while in Fig/5.,?) and 4 other constructions are indicated for the upper end of the inserts for plunger and hollow rofl valves, rf spectively.

ln the several views. .l2 indicates :i standard valve seat in the sleeve and below the bridge and 13 is a standard valve ball applicable to any of the fprms show n, and adapted and arranged to close the orifice of the valve seat.l and to operate between the valve seat and the bridge. In Fig. 1, 14 indicates the usual arbutt attachment selliiured to the 'usual cage 15 of the standing valve. `16 indicates a pin in which the working valve cage 17- terminates at its up er end for connection to the sucker ro a.

18 indicates the customary coupling be- .tween 'the double. ball working valve cage vl and the plunger valve 19.

The annular shoulder 4 forms a stop for the valve seat 12 whichis secured in place against said stop, in the usual manner by a pump member which may be of. various 110` and is provided with an orifice 10 in the lower end of which the valve ball-13v will come to rest' when unseated and lifted thereto by liquid from -the seat 12 by the action ofthe pump. A passageas at a, b,

leads from the cage body or sleeve 1 aroundA said bridge and bumper into the bore'of the insert Y6, 6' and G, as the case may beso thatwhen the ball valve 13 is lifted to the circular orifice 10', the How of oil is practically notintercepted. The bumper 10is rif less diameter than the valve ball.

The-

liquid during the upstrokeof, the pistonA will be deflected by thelvalve-ball of the .standing valve and will flo'w past such bumper unimpeded, the ball and the-narrow bridgebeing practically the only obstructionsto free flo'xv of the liquid.

` The Sleeve V1 is easily constructed by sini# ply drillingout a definite bore throughout a required lengthin a tubular casting, in-j sert'ng thex'lrilling tool at the upper end of 105` the sleeve to form' the bore as sliown in the drawings; said bore extending 'to the collar 4 near the lower end of the tube, and then drilling a bore to said collar' 4 from thc, other end of the sleeve; the bores formed b v thcdrilling 'operation being of' approl'iria-te size respectively adapted to the use of which the particular sleeve is to be put. 'I'l'u-.n the ends ofthe sleeve are threaded to thc diameter'required for such particular purpose.

In practical operation, with thi` combination assembled as shown in Fig.' 2 andI at the bottom of Fig. 1, the down-stroke ol' thc llO plunger will seat the valve .ball 13 on the valve seat 12i and on the up-stroke the' valve ball l?) will be carried luy-'the liquid that is pumped up against the valve bumper l0.

The orifice at the shoulder 4 isof sufficient diameter toallow the valve 13 to be inserted into the intermediatebore 21 in the usual manner and in the drawings the lowerl threaded portion o r section 3 ofthe sleeve is of'less diameter' than the u per threaded i ortion or section 2 of saids eeve, and the threaded portiona and 9 of the may! 130 likewise be of dierent diameters; the upper threaded portion 8 being adapted for connection to standardl parts as the standard sucker rod cage 17 or the standard Garbutt attachment cage 15.

When the standing valve balls 13 are unseated by the up-stroke of the plunger in Fi 1 the bumpers 10 intercept the valve ba ls and prevent them from being carried up too far by the liquid; and in such upstroke the lifting valve ball will be seated in the valve ball seat 12.y On the down stroke of the plunger, thestandi valve ball will be seated and the liftin va ve ball will rise to the bumper land centered therein by the hole 10 in Fig. 3.

The bore of the sleeve above the valve seat is of such diameter greater than that of the valve ball, as 'to accommodate the valve ball and allow the free passage of liquid during the pumping operation.

In practical operation in the field, valve problems arise which have to be settled in the field. l iltht may be determined by the superintend- Tolfthat they would want a ball valve at the bottom of the plunger of the pump, in other words that the plunger should have a valve in the bottom of it. In most cases the valve for the plunger is in the top of the plunger, such valve is called a working valve.

In other cases they might want two valves ou the standing valve and a valve on the top of the plunger and one on the bottom of the plunger. The-need for these valve.,` is by reason of the presence of gas in the oil at the bottom of the well.

When a. plunger of an ordinary or standl ard pump comes down the valves being spaced one at the bottom of the working barrel, and the other on top of the plunger, there is quite a space between the two, and the gas will compress on the downward stroke of the plunger; and then on the up stroke the gas expands and there is no fluid sucked in, but there is just an expansion and contraction of the gas; and the pump simply works to compress and allow the expansion of the gas without producin any oil. In those-cases when a valve in t e bottom of the lunger is Wanted, the idea is to bring the va ves c lose together so that lthe displaaiing space which the oil has to piles will The standard plun ers of such pumps are usually from to 2- inches long so that the lacing of the valve at the bottom instea of at the top of the plunger Amakes a great difference.

For certain reasons the'standard equip.

ment is rovided with one valve in the top ofthe p unger and an object of this invention is to make it practical in the field to seat with a bridge which has an enlarged l ycentral portion provided with a circular orifice to interce t a valve-ball in tbe sleeve atoperation o the pump.

2. In a pum valve, a sleeve and a valve seat in the seeve, an insert threaded to the sleeve above the valve seat and provided with a bridge having an enlarged central portion, and being thin and narrow on opposite edges of said central portion, said central portion being of a smaller .diameter than that of the' valve-ball adapted to fit said valve seat.

3. An insert for pum valves havin a bridge dependn there om and provi ed with an enlarge central portion, there being a circular orifice in said central portion.v

4. In a pump valve; a sleeve and a valve seat in the sleeve, an insertthreaded to the sleeve above the valve seat, a bridge de ending from said insert and provided with a. central portion having a circular orifice, a ball adapted to seat in said valve seat on downward action-of the pump and lin said central orifice on u Ward action of the pump, the diameter o said enlarged central portion beingless than'that of said ball, and bein countersunk on the side o posite that which intercepts the ball valve xand around the circular orifice, to deflect liquid into the circular orifice oi) the downl'low of the li uid. f

5. n a pump valve, the combination of a sleeve and a valve seat in the sleeve; a valve ball adapted to seat on said valve seat; an insert secured 'to the sleeve above vthe valve seat and provided with a bridge hav- 'ing a central portion to intercept said valve ball at operation of the pump'` and a shoulder on said insert above said sleeve'; said insert being threaded above said shoulder and adapted to screw onto a umpattachmeat substantially as describes.'

6. 'An insert for pum valves havin a threaded portion adapted) to be threade to -a sleeve and having a bridge depending therefrom and central portion.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands at Los Angeles, California,

provided with an enlarged Vthis 7th day of December, 1920.

ROBERT W. GUNN. WlLLSlE A. SCOTT THOMPSON. Witness: l JAMES R. TowNsEND. 

